Title in the bag, drawing 0-0 to Aston Villa at home - you'd have been forgiven for wondering if Liverpool had already checked out for the season.
After the sheer intensity of their week-by-week dominance of the Premier League season, it was perhaps not surprising they fell to a heavy defeat at Man City.
Nor that they struggled to break down Villa for 70 minutes of the clash at Anfield on Sunday. However like for much of this season, the Reds were once again able to call on Sadio Mane.
Until this season you could argue the Senegalese forward was the lesser acclaimed of Liverpool's much-revered front three. Roberto Firmino, the conductor, and Mohamed Salah, the goal machine, often gain the plaudits, but this year has been Mane's time.
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